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Step into Cold War intrigue with Visa to Canton (1960) — also known as Passport to China — a tense classic crime thriller set against the shadowy backdrop of Communist China.
Starring Richard Basehart, this gripping film follows an American businessman who becomes entangled in espionage, political danger, and moral conflict while navigating a hostile foreign land. With strong performances, atmospheric tension, and themes of loyalty and survival, Visa to Canton is a fascinating example of early 1960s Cold War cinema.
Starring Richard Basehart, this gripping film follows an American businessman who becomes entangled in espionage, political danger, and moral conflict while navigating a hostile foreign land. With strong performances, atmospheric tension, and themes of loyalty and survival, Visa to Canton is a fascinating example of early 1960s Cold War cinema.
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00:01:30You're looking at Hong Kong, my home since the end of World War II.
00:01:37I have a neon sign hanging in the heart of this international city that says, Don Benton Travel Agency.
00:01:44Don Benton, that's my name.
00:01:46And the travel agency, that's my business.
00:01:49And into this modest establishment of mine flock all the ingredients of civilization, from royalty to imposters, from the cream of society to the drugs of the gutters.
00:01:59And Hong Kong makes room for them all.
00:02:02And that makes it just about the most exciting city in the world.
00:02:05From the luxury villas on the peak down to the narrow streets off the waterfront, the place is a hive humming with human energy.
00:02:17Three million people jostled together on a rock off the mainland of Red China.
00:02:20Everyone engaged in a fierce personal pursuit.
00:02:24Of what?
00:02:26Food, money, pleasure, love.
00:02:30Maybe even a little information.
00:02:32And for me, Hong Kong's the city where my wartime know-how earns me a buck or two.
00:02:39My travel agency will land you with speed, courtesy, and comfort at any place in Southeast Asia.
00:02:45So long as its rulers don't happen to dislike your face or your politics.
00:02:51These days, some of them can be kind of choosy.
00:02:56Miss, is Mr. Benton in?
00:02:58No, in soon.
00:03:00Okay, I'll wait.
00:03:01Don't they want tourists in Indonesia?
00:03:03All those forms and photographs, we've put them in, we've paid the fees.
00:03:07And what fees? Anybody would think of.
00:03:08It is the consulate, madam.
00:03:09They say, very sorry, can't issue visas until you have airline tickets.
00:03:13Say, do you mean to say that you haven't got the tickets either?
00:03:15Airlines says, very sorry, cannot issue tickets without visas.
00:03:18Very difficult for us, madam.
00:03:20Difficult for you?
00:03:22Please, madam.
00:03:23Oh, good morning, Mr. Benton.
00:03:25Oh, Mr. Benton, good morning.
00:03:26Everything all right?
00:03:27Sure, except for your friends in the Indonesian consulate.
00:03:30We plan to leave today.
00:03:32Oh, visa trouble, huh?
00:03:34Well, it's a little difficult to rush these people.
00:03:36Rush? It's been three weeks.
00:03:38Well, these young republics, I'm afraid they're apt to wear their brand new independence like a brand new suit.
00:03:43I guess we were pretty much the same in Washington a couple hundred years ago.
00:03:46Yes, but we weren't on vacation then.
00:03:48Uh, Sui Kim, Colin Hussin.
00:03:52He's one of our drivers.
00:03:53He's an Indonesian with relatives in the consulate.
00:03:55I'm sure if you send him back in with a little present, uh, about $20 ought to do it.
00:04:00You'll have your visas back within an hour.
00:04:02Ah, thank you.
00:04:04Thank you very much.
00:04:05Could I speak to you in private, Mr. Benton?
00:04:07About a tour?
00:04:08Well, could be.
00:04:08Something a little off the beaten track.
00:04:10Sure.
00:04:10Have a seat.
00:04:21Sun King, 1938.
00:04:22Tough enemy, the Japs.
00:04:24Mm, very.
00:04:25But in those days, flying was still fun.
00:04:27At least we flew aircraft, not electronic computers.
00:04:35From Chula of Tai to a good friend of the country.
00:04:39The prince seems to regard you as a hero.
00:04:40I was able to advise him on his jade collection.
00:04:43Now, just what can I do for you, Mr., uh...
00:04:45Johnson, Sam Johnson.
00:04:47Ah, yes, you came in via Manila.
00:04:49I see you keep an eye on the arrivals.
00:04:52But travelers are our business, Mr. Johnson.
00:04:53Besides, we have an office there.
00:04:55And good connections elsewhere, I'm told.
00:04:57We managed to cover most of the ports out here.
00:04:59No, I meant personal connections.
00:05:01Weren't you a friend of Li Wan Ho, the scholar up in Shanghai?
00:05:05Well, don't hold that against the poor man.
00:05:06He's dead.
00:05:07Yeah.
00:05:08I gather he wasn't very happy under the new regime.
00:05:10And Father Rodriguez, who had the mission at Amoy.
00:05:12Just how do you happen to know all this?
00:05:16Oh, through mutual friends.
00:05:18To be frank, I've heard a lot about you.
00:05:23You've been in China a long time, Mr. Benton.
00:05:25You flew with General Chenault's Flying Tigers,
00:05:27ferrying munitions and food to the Chinese.
00:05:29In our war, you fought the Japs again in the Pacific.
00:05:32You speak Cantonese and, I believe, Malay.
00:05:34Your knowledge of the Chinese and their customs is, shall we say, unusual.
00:05:39Suppose we cut the build-up, Mr. Johnson.
00:05:41Just what are you trying to sell me?
00:05:42Well, let's say an idea.
00:05:44That you should meet a friend of mine.
00:05:45Someone who wants your help.
00:05:49Taiko Mansui.
00:05:54Good news, sweet Kim.
00:05:56But I'm busy now.
00:05:58When feet's happy, mind calm for contemplation.
00:06:03That's my sister.
00:06:05Oh.
00:06:05It seems it's my birthday.
00:06:07I'm commanded to live 10,000 years.
00:06:09Sure.
00:06:10You like?
00:06:11Yes, sweet Kim.
00:06:12I like them very much.
00:06:14Now, leave the tea things and run along.
00:06:16I have a visitor.
00:06:17It's a little Chinese custom.
00:06:32You don't have to drink it.
00:06:35You were saying?
00:06:37I was speaking about my friend.
00:06:39Ah, yes.
00:06:40The guy that wants to meet me.
00:06:42Why doesn't he come here?
00:06:44Well, it's a very confidential matter, Mr. Benton.
00:06:46He felt it would be better discussed elsewhere.
00:06:49But first, he wanted confirmation of a few small facts.
00:06:52Oh, he does, does he?
00:06:53Well, I'll confirm a few for him right now.
00:06:55I'm a travel agent.
00:06:56My business isn't so darn confidential that it can't be talked out loud.
00:07:01Good morning, Mr. Johnson.
00:07:02Thank you, man, sir.
00:07:07Aha, thank you, sweetheart.
00:07:09Another sister?
00:07:11This gentleman was just leaving.
00:07:14Sir Arthur Craig has called, thank you.
00:07:16He wants to see you about his reservation for his holiday in the Philippines.
00:07:19Oh, well, call him back and tell him I'll bring the schedule myself.
00:07:23I'll be on the next train for the peak.
00:07:27You still here, Mr. Johnson?
00:07:28I'm on my way, but you'll hear from us again.
00:07:30Probably from my chief, Mr. Orme.
00:07:33And I'll need a car.
00:07:39Back on your shoe.
00:07:45My business with Sir Arthur took me to his villa on the peak,
00:07:48where the homes of the rich Tai Pans command one of the finest views in Asia.
00:07:52It had been a pleasant break from the heat and bustle of the port,
00:07:57and I was sorry to have to return.
00:08:01Hello.
00:08:02The air is so good up here at the peak,
00:08:04it seems a shame to have to go down to the city.
00:08:05Hello.
00:08:09Excuse me.
00:08:10That's a fine view, Mr. Benton.
00:08:25Finest in the world.
00:08:29Have we met before?
00:08:31No, not in the flesh,
00:08:32but Orme's the name, Charles Orme, of Washington, D.C.
00:08:35Oh.
00:08:36I see.
00:08:36Yeah, I thought you would.
00:08:38Have you read this morning's paper?
00:08:40Mystery of Missing Formosan Plane.
00:08:44I've read it.
00:08:45Interesting bit of news.
00:08:47For some, maybe.
00:08:48Oh, to lots of people.
00:08:49And most certainly to us.
00:08:51Us?
00:08:52Well, shall we say to a certain department of the U.S. government?
00:08:57You can guess why.
00:08:58I'm a punk guesser, Mr. Orme.
00:09:01Well, strictly between ourselves,
00:09:02we're concerned about this missing plane.
00:09:05Why, isn't that more a matter for the nationalist Chinese and Formosa?
00:09:08It concerns us, too.
00:09:10That's why I'm so happy to meet you.
00:09:12I don't get you, Mr. Orme.
00:09:14Oh, I believe you can help us.
00:09:16How?
00:09:17There's someone aboard that plane whose safety is, uh,
00:09:21well, important to the West.
00:09:23Well, all I know is what everybody else knows.
00:09:26It was a typhoon, a radio contact was lost just before the plane disappeared.
00:09:29It was off course.
00:09:31Last indications were that it was heading for Canton.
00:09:34It may have landed on the mainland.
00:09:37Have you tried to contact the airport in Canton?
00:09:39Hong Kong's been calling them ever since the plane was reported overdue.
00:09:43A sheer waste of time.
00:09:45Especially if they...
00:09:47If it was forced down.
00:09:49Mm-mm.
00:09:50Well, why do you come to me?
00:09:52Because you have contacts, Mr. Benton.
00:09:55Contacts in many places.
00:09:56Perhaps even in Canton.
00:09:59Oh.
00:10:00You mean, uh, undercover work.
00:10:03Sorry I leave that to the authorities.
00:10:05Mr. Orme, I'm a businessman.
00:10:06I can't get involved in anything political,
00:10:08anything that might prejudice my relations with the Communist government,
00:10:12uh, such as they are.
00:10:13It's our country's interests we're discussing, Mr. Benton.
00:10:22Hong Kong is my home,
00:10:24and I can't afford to endanger the position I've built up here.
00:10:26I don't know if you live, but the family requires my presence.
00:10:42Family?
00:10:43Yeah.
00:10:44His family and mine.
00:10:46I wasn't kidding, either.
00:10:48It was a Chinese family I'd come to know and love
00:10:50during the war against the Japanese.
00:10:53Those bad old days, we helped each other many times.
00:10:55Now, they called me son,
00:10:59and in their family affairs,
00:11:00I was as much involved as in my own.
00:11:07How you doing, old boy, huh?
00:11:10Here.
00:11:11She'll be here.
00:11:14Here's your rations.
00:11:16Okay?
00:11:18John, can I...
00:11:19Oh, hi, darling.
00:11:21How are you, huh?
00:11:22Fun?
00:11:23Mr. Joe.
00:11:25What's all this now?
00:11:35The brain, the seat of the intellect.
00:11:42Grandmother doesn't agree.
00:11:44She says the seat of the intellect is in the stomach.
00:11:47She's a wise woman.
00:11:48Where is she now?
00:11:49In the garden, waiting for you.
00:11:59Good morning, Mother.
00:12:03You wanted to talk with me?
00:12:06Thank you, Zinseng.
00:12:07Even the servants won't let me forget I'm a year older today.
00:12:11And a year more foolish, still without her son.
00:12:14You mean without a wife to give me a son?
00:12:16Did you send for me to tell me that again?
00:12:18No.
00:12:19You know something about flying ship that lost its way?
00:12:29Oh, the Formosan plane?
00:12:31No, none of my passengers were bored.
00:12:32Passengers?
00:12:33You think of passengers?
00:12:34What about your brother?
00:12:37Jimmy?
00:12:38Was he the pilot?
00:12:39Well, last night, Sampan men come with message from river people.
00:12:43Jimmy's fly ship down near Chinan Phu.
00:12:47Oh.
00:12:48Well, and Johnson was right.
00:12:50That island's way up the estuary near Canton.
00:12:52That's Red Territory.
00:12:54Is Jimmy safe?
00:12:57Message come from Jimmy.
00:12:58He say river people pick him up, hiding him in hut outside fishing village.
00:13:04And the others?
00:13:06No can tell.
00:13:07Nobody open mouth.
00:13:10Well, I think he's among friends.
00:13:11But they'll need money.
00:13:12They'll probably try to smuggle him aboard a junk to get him out.
00:13:15Money no good.
00:13:16Junk people plenty scared.
00:13:18Too many boats in river.
00:13:20Gun boats and patrols, I know.
00:13:22Now, they're caught with a Formosan officer aboard.
00:13:25Gun boats, no gun boats.
00:13:26Must get Jimmy home.
00:13:29Yes, we must.
00:13:30But how?
00:13:31You fix it.
00:13:33I fix it?
00:13:34Just have the office write him out a ticket just like that.
00:13:37Somebody must go.
00:13:40Yes, somebody.
00:13:42Not you, Tycho.
00:13:43You do too much for us too many times already.
00:13:47Now, look, Ty-Ty.
00:13:48A long time ago, when a certain crazy flyer was in trouble,
00:13:51who was it took him in and fed him?
00:13:53Who risked their lives to hide him from the Japanese?
00:13:56Remember?
00:13:57Long time ago?
00:13:59Bad time.
00:14:00Best be forgotten.
00:14:01Not by me, old mother.
00:14:05And Sampan, where is he?
00:14:07In kitchen, sleeping.
00:14:08Last night he come.
00:14:09I give him pork and rice.
00:14:10Him very sick at stomach.
00:14:13Poor devil.
00:14:13He needed it, I guess.
00:14:15Well, give him some more, because I'm going to need him and his boat.
00:14:18Don't worry, mother.
00:14:21I'll bring Jimmy home.
00:14:23Take care.
00:14:24I don't want to lose two sons.
00:14:25Good sailing weather, Mr. Benton.
00:14:51I think we'll be there about five hours.
00:14:55That means we'll get home early morning, huh?
00:14:58Think so.
00:14:59Good.
00:14:59Good.
00:14:59Good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good
00:15:29Sarah!
00:15:34Sarah!
00:15:42Sarah!
00:15:59Let's go.
00:16:29All right, do you know who?
00:16:34Stop engines.
00:16:59Daigo, wait there.
00:17:12Stop, stop.
00:17:15Quick, the engines.
00:17:16Stop.
00:17:17Come on, Jimmy.
00:17:29This side.
00:17:38All right.
00:17:39Pretty good.
00:17:46Aha, let's get out of here.
00:17:50Sure I was decoyed.
00:17:51The radio bearing I received showed me dead on course for Hong Kong, 90 miles south.
00:17:55There I was, over Canton.
00:17:57Next thing I knew, two MiGs were on my tail ordering me to land.
00:18:00Why didn't you?
00:18:00Maybe I was annoyed.
00:18:03Anyway, I saw some low cloud over the estuary and dived for it.
00:18:06Thought I'd made it too, but they knocked out my port engine.
00:18:08Had to make a belly landing on the water.
00:18:10Anybody hurt?
00:18:12No, don't think so.
00:18:13And before you could say Red's, the place was thick with launchers.
00:18:16Waiting, I expect.
00:18:17They took everybody off, only three passengers and the crew, and sank the plane.
00:18:21I saw it.
00:18:21Who were the passengers?
00:18:23Two men and a woman.
00:18:24American?
00:18:25One of the men, I think.
00:18:27Where were you?
00:18:29In the drink.
00:18:30Soon as I saw what they were up to, I went overboard.
00:18:33Did they see you?
00:18:35Sure.
00:18:36Kissed me goodbye, too, with a drum of tracer bullets.
00:18:38I dived again.
00:18:39I swam for what seemed like hours.
00:18:41In the end, I got tangled in a fishing net.
00:18:43It belonged to the old man from Chinanfu.
00:18:45They brought me to their island and hid me in that deserted hut.
00:18:49Brave people in that village.
00:18:51Yes.
00:18:52Oh, you better try to get some sleep.
00:18:54We'll be in the early morning.
00:18:55I'll be in the early morning.
00:19:04For Ahung.
00:19:05He deserves it.
00:19:07Good to see Hong Kong again.
00:19:10See, when this story gets around...
00:19:12Look, it mustn't get around.
00:19:14Not till we know what the authorities have to say, I'll contact your HQ in Formosa.
00:19:18Meantime, better not talk to anyone.
00:19:20Better for whom?
00:19:21Better for all concerned, including you.
00:19:23I'm taking you straight home.
00:19:24Jimmy.
00:19:25Jimmy!
00:19:45Jimmy! Jimmy! Hello, Jimmy!
00:19:48Hello, Jimmy!
00:20:05Thank you, Tycho.
00:20:07For taking Jimmy on a fishing trip?
00:20:10Oh. What has Ty-Ty told you?
00:20:12Nothing.
00:20:13But when you had left, Sui Lim and I saw her burning jostics to Kuan Yin,
00:20:18praying for her sons.
00:20:19So all night we pray, too, for our brothers.
00:20:23Thank you, Sikim.
00:20:25I guess she must have heard you.
00:20:27Goddess of mercy always hears.
00:20:30One day you will see when your wife asks her for a son.
00:20:33But she'll have to provide me with a wife first, Sikim.
00:20:36Perhaps I ask her that, too.
00:20:38Tycho! Tycho! Come play with us!
00:20:43Well, here we are, Mother. Safe and sound and very hungry.
00:20:47Good.
00:20:50Sorry to give you too much worry, Grandmother.
00:20:53Better say sorry to Tycho.
00:20:56Yes, Grandmother.
00:20:57Come here.
00:20:58Jimmy, you've been in trouble?
00:21:07Plenty trouble, until Tycho came to find me.
00:21:10Not that. I'm in deep trouble.
00:21:12No. Is anything the matter?
00:21:15Soon we see.
00:21:16Oh, hello, Inspector. Come to join the family reunion?
00:21:24I'm afraid not, Mr. Benton.
00:21:25I'm here on official business.
00:21:33With this man.
00:21:35Just arrived in Hong Kong?
00:21:36Sure. Landed from a...
00:21:37Sam Pan early this morning.
00:21:39Well, of course he did. He came with me.
00:21:41I'm sorry, Mr. Benton. Leave this to me, please.
00:21:44What is your name?
00:21:45Mao Chi Mei. Jimmy to my friends.
00:21:46Captain, Chinese Nationalist Air Force.
00:21:48Any papers? Something to identify yourself?
00:21:51I can identify. I haven't known him ever since he was...
00:21:54Mr. Benton, please.
00:21:56Well?
00:21:57No, I haven't.
00:21:58I crash-landed in the estuary two nights ago.
00:22:00Everything I had is at the bottom of the river.
00:22:02Then I'm afraid you'll have to come with me.
00:22:03This is ridiculous.
00:22:04All you've got to do is call up air control and they'll verify...
00:22:07We know that, Mr. Benton.
00:22:08I shouldn't try to interfere if I were you.
00:22:10Come on, young man.
00:22:12Okay, okay, I'll come.
00:22:13This is a damn full silly mistake.
00:22:15No hurry, please.
00:22:17They come long way.
00:22:18No food yet in belly.
00:22:20Very good roast duck in oven.
00:22:22Plenty for Inspector, too.
00:22:23It's no use, Ty-Ty. He has to go.
00:22:28Police all the same.
00:22:30Just like...
00:22:31Now, now, Mother, don't worry.
00:22:34I'll get these things changed and go down and see what I can do about it.
00:22:36Must eat first.
00:22:38Flowers of wisdom spring from well-filled stomach.
00:22:41Yeah, but an empty belly sharpens the tongue.
00:22:56What's going on in there, Taylor?
00:22:58Didn't take you long to get here, Mr. Benton.
00:23:01No, it didn't take me long to get here.
00:23:03But you kept me waiting long enough.
00:23:04I'm sorry.
00:23:05What can I do for you?
00:23:07You know very well what you can do for me.
00:23:09Release Jimmy Mao.
00:23:11Where's the superintendent?
00:23:12One moment, Mr. Benton.
00:23:14You told me only yesterday that you didn't want to become involved in matters of this kind.
00:23:18So perhaps it might be better if you just stayed uninvolved.
00:23:21When you approached me, I didn't know that Jimmy Mao was the pilot of that plane.
00:23:25That makes a difference.
00:23:27I've known him and his family for many years, and so have most of the members of your police force.
00:23:31In any case, you can't hold him without a definite charge.
00:23:34Quite true.
00:23:35There is a charge.
00:23:36Of what?
00:23:37Opium smuggling.
00:23:39Jimmy Mao, an opium smuggler?
00:23:40That's a darn fool suggestion.
00:23:42You know it.
00:23:44What are you trying to pin on him?
00:23:49We've arrested Mao for his own protection.
00:23:52If his story checks, then it's essential the Reds don't learn of his escape.
00:23:55You've picked the quickest way to tell them.
00:23:57We think not.
00:23:58No one will connect one Ling Fu, held for a smuggling offence, with the nationalist pilot, Captain Mao.
00:24:06I came to tell you that if Mao was not released immediately, I was going to hire the best lawyer in Hong Kong to defend him.
00:24:13But before I decide to play it your way, perhaps you'll tell me what's behind all this.
00:24:21I brought him out, remember?
00:24:23I think you can rely on Mr. Benton's discretion, Mr. Orr.
00:24:26Thank you, Inspector.
00:24:27You know that we had a courier aboard that plane carrying information important to the West.
00:24:32Indeed, in a certain field, vitally important.
00:24:35What field are we in?
00:24:37Shall we say, scientific.
00:24:40Now you'll understand why it's essential that we find out what happened to that courier.
00:24:44And how it happened.
00:24:46Jimmy says he was decoyed.
00:24:48You think he was lying?
00:24:49Lying or not, the indications are that the other side knew what that plane was carrying.
00:24:53And if the operation was planned ahead, it suggests a further possibility.
00:24:57Connivance by the pilot.
00:24:59Jimmy wouldn't work with the Reds.
00:25:01I hope you're right.
00:25:02Meanwhile, as you'll appreciate, he's safer in custody.
00:25:07All right.
00:25:08I won't fight it.
00:25:10Yet.
00:25:12You wanted me to help you.
00:25:15Thanks, Benton, but everything's under control.
00:25:18The service is pursuing its own investigations.
00:25:21In that case...
00:25:22You realize, of course, that...
00:25:23Oh, don't worry.
00:25:24I'll keep my mouth shut.
00:25:25Tycoon.
00:25:48Tycoon.
00:25:49Tycoon.
00:25:50not good you see jimmy no and you're not to try to see him either till i tell you police all
00:26:14same make big trouble because jimmy had accident some people think maybe it wasn't an accident
00:26:20not the police the superintendents on our side you give him present maybe you want more no matter
00:26:27no mother nobody wants a present they they want proof and proof is somewhere up that river
00:26:33so uh sweet kim i'm leaving for the mainland not canton no no the doorstep to canton otherwise
00:26:42a routine visit to our office of macau
00:26:44where perere to meet me in the boats
00:26:51hong kong
00:26:55macao
00:26:56canton
00:26:59to clear jimmy's name i had to find out what had really happened to their missing plane
00:27:06and bring back proof of jimmy's story
00:27:08so that afternoon i crossed by the tong shan to the portuguese territory of macau
00:27:13a useful listening post on the edge of the bamboo curtain
00:27:17mr benton i'm sorry to keep you waiting mr benton we've got a rush of tourists on our hands
00:27:22we'll apologize why do we need to
00:27:27you understand my wire yes sir and i got busy right away
00:27:31oh no okay but uh nobody here seems to know anything about the missing plane the portuguese
00:27:37authority said that none of our nationals was traveling on board so they're not interested but
00:27:41it is very sad about the pilot what about it well i remember that he was a friend of yours it is
00:27:48that the plane was lost with all its occupants in the typhoon well i have reason to believe that it
00:27:52wasn't have you um tried the river people yes sir the sometime men that we hired for our tourists
00:27:58that one of them seems to have heard some kind of room he's on the walk now
00:28:01he's reliable but as he brought me yes when he chooses to turn up i i believe he does a little
00:28:05smuggling on the side but he says he knows the pilot's mother mount tai tai i'd like to talk to him
00:28:12our wing our wing mr benton how do hello our wing are you a friend of mount tai tai hi your license
00:28:25our wing better make sure of hiring you know many places around here aye macau canton pearl river
00:28:35shin and foo you've heard something about shin and foo three days ago plentiful fishermen here sound
00:28:46like flyship very low on water then noise finish make like flyship finish too thanks maybe you'll work
00:28:56for me sometime is that the information you wanted uh checks well that's fine now you will have time to
00:29:03dine with me before you leave before what well the tongshan serves as seven of course if you prefer to
00:29:12get the night boat mr pereira you trying to get rid of me by no means mr benton only what's on your mind
00:29:19well until i knew the nature of your inquiries it didn't seem very important but uh ivano kang is here
00:29:25ivana kang he arrived in canton yesterday from moscow now a man in his position doesn't fly five
00:29:34thousand miles for nothing mr benton no no he doesn't and he was seen in macau last night at the
00:29:39gambling casino well maybe just wants a little action at the table you think he'll come again of course
00:29:45he will it's only an hour or so by car now macau is shall we say neutral territory but frankly mr benton you
00:29:52think it might be dangerous for me to stay here mr benton it is dangerous for anyone who shows so much
00:29:56interest in the happenings along the estuary now you know me mr benton if there's anything i can do
00:30:01for you thanks pereira you can take me home and ask your charming wife to let me have a room
00:30:06you're staying i think i might like some action at the tables myself
00:30:22mr benton long time no see i've been too busy sending a rich tourist so now you come yourself with
00:30:43pockets full of dollars to lose at the tables well there is one here named jasmine but a darling
00:30:50no merely to see old friends well to see one old friend young t i never thought that words alone
00:30:57could make me so happy don even if i know they're not true have i ever lied to you young t
00:31:04are you in trouble don no it's it's for a friend of yours and mine i'm trying to find out what happened
00:31:11to a certain plane the one that disappeared what makes you think i know anything about it
00:31:18you have many visitors from campground well there is one but i don't think you see lt somebody want
00:31:27change and change more money later amuse yourself don
00:31:38you have many visitors from campground well just bring me a cold bottle of beer
00:31:50oh just bring me a cold bottle of beer you play i'll come back to you
00:32:11good girl stick around you bring me back
00:32:36good girl stick around you bring her back
00:32:47good girl stick around you bring her back
00:33:01Well, well, well, my old friend, Mr. Benton.
00:33:30And like all Americans, in a hurry.
00:33:33Colonel Kang.
00:33:36I'm sorry to crash in like this, but there's somebody outside who's just a little bit touchy.
00:33:42Maybe it was me.
00:33:43No, Mr. Benton, not you, I'm sure.
00:33:47But now that you're here, why don't you stay for a while and forget those troublemakers?
00:33:52Thanks, but I don't want to muscle in on your little party.
00:33:55Well, good wine is something to be shared between friends who are lovely women.
00:34:00Consuela?
00:34:03Peach Blossom?
00:34:07Tanya?
00:34:09Tanya?
00:34:10Okumasa?
00:34:12If any of them stirs your fancy.
00:34:15Well, how can one choose from so much loveliness?
00:34:19Perhaps something a little stronger will help you to decide.
00:34:25I'm conservative.
00:34:26Myself, I stick to the best mixture in the world.
00:34:31Champagne, vodka, and samshui.
00:34:36You remember that.
00:34:39I could hardly forget that.
00:34:41You persuaded me to try it one time.
00:34:43Um, no, no, this time I think I'll, um, I'll stick to beer.
00:34:50So you are here for a vacation?
00:34:53Well, officially it's business, but, um, one wants a little relaxation sometimes.
00:34:59How I agree with you.
00:35:01I find it a great relief to escape to the bright lights of Macau.
00:35:04In these days, Moscow and Peking have a certain puritanic austerity, and rightly so.
00:35:14But in time, it can become a little, uh, stifling.
00:35:27How's the travel business thriving, I hope?
00:35:31Well, it'd thrive a lot more if I could book my visitors to China.
00:35:33But naturally, you should visit Cantona and talk to the authorities about it.
00:35:39Are you kidding?
00:35:40I've been trying for years, and I still haven't got a visa.
00:35:43Evidently, you don't approach the right people.
00:35:45I'll see what I can do.
00:35:48Call me here.
00:35:52Now, Mr. Benton, if you'll excuse me for a while,
00:35:56me to repose for a little in a more secluded spot.
00:36:00It's traveling, so tiring.
00:36:04And Kang?
00:36:09I see you in Cantona.
00:36:17Kang kept his word, and fast.
00:36:21Early next morning, a messenger was waiting at my Macau office
00:36:23with a visa to Canton.
00:36:26I took the next boat, and very shortly was registering at the hotel.
00:36:30Welcome to New China, Mr. Benton.
00:36:32In Supyat.
00:36:33Number 51 is reserved for you, sir.
00:36:35A very nice room facing the front.
00:36:36Reserved?
00:36:37Oh, somebody's been very kind.
00:36:39With the compliments of China Travel Service, sir.
00:36:41Hoping you'll enjoy a happy and instructive visit to Canton.
00:36:44I hope so, too.
00:36:46Anything else?
00:36:47Yes, sir.
00:36:47The director himself has telephoned about an interview.
00:36:50If convenient to you, he'll send a car at 4 o'clock.
00:36:53You'd like to see your room now?
00:36:54Oh, I think I'll take a little stroll for a while.
00:36:57Oh, am I supposed to take a guide?
00:36:59Oh, no, sir.
00:36:59You can go anywhere you like.
00:37:01No one is ever lost in Canton.
00:37:02I see what you mean.
00:37:12Can you tell me where I can pick up a souvenir or two?
00:37:14What'd you like, sir?
00:37:15Very nice Canton silk?
00:37:17No, no, no.
00:37:18Maybe some porcelain.
00:37:20Go to the streets of the potter, sir.
00:37:22Plenty of shops there, all together.
00:37:23Thanks.
00:37:32The street of the potter's wasn't hard to find,
00:37:45but what I was after was the shop of one-hand pole.
00:37:48My friend Liang Ti, head girl at the Macau gambling casino,
00:37:52had given me his name as a man whom I could trust.
00:37:59Come on.
00:37:59Come on.
00:38:00Come on.
00:38:00Come on.
00:38:00Come on.
00:38:01Come on.
00:38:01Come on.
00:38:02All the best periods.
00:38:30Ming, Kang Hai,
00:38:32Poor copies of the masters, as you see.
00:38:35If any of them interest the gentlemen.
00:38:38This one interests me very much.
00:38:41That one?
00:38:44Perhaps a little less imperfect than the others.
00:38:48Imperfect?
00:38:49This is the real thing.
00:38:51The secret of that glaze was the last 500 years ago.
00:38:53You're right.
00:38:54You're right.
00:38:59You're right.
00:39:03It's a very excellent copy.
00:39:05From then on, I was taken in.
00:39:07I'm looking for something a little unusual.
00:39:12Something unusual.
00:39:12Something unusual.
00:39:13Perhaps I can show you something in here.
00:39:20One of these, perhaps.
00:39:28An unworthy attempt in the style of song.
00:39:31It's fine work.
00:39:31It's fine work, Han Po.
00:39:34Anyone would be deceived.
00:39:38Not you.
00:39:39The Ming did not deceive you.
00:39:42It's dangerous, then, to own a piece like that.
00:39:44Not dangerous, but unwise.
00:39:48In these days, things of a certain value.
00:39:50You would not understand, Saint-Jean.
00:39:52A craftsman needs...
00:39:52I know, I know.
00:39:53I love the old things, too.
00:39:56Why does a man of knowledge come to me?
00:39:58An imitator?
00:40:00I was sent here by a friend.
00:40:02A woman named Liang Ti.
00:40:04One of my clan.
00:40:06What does she know of pottery?
00:40:07Not much, but she knows men.
00:40:10She spoke of one that I might find here.
00:40:13What man?
00:40:13One whose heart is like the things he fashions.
00:40:18I need your help, Han Po.
00:40:23Xinjiang, this city lives on whispers.
00:40:27All of spies.
00:40:29Spies on the land and in the sky.
00:40:34Three nights ago, some were captured and brought here.
00:40:38Is anything known about them?
00:40:39Only that three were foreigners.
00:40:41Do you know where they are now?
00:40:51Where?
00:40:51If the gentleman will return in two days' time, it will be glazed, ready to take away.
00:41:00Two days?
00:41:01Well, why not tomorrow?
00:41:04Tomorrow, every shop must close until the massacre is ended.
00:41:08What massacre?
00:41:10Tonight is the night of the sparrows.
00:41:13The night of?
00:41:14Four days, I'm in?
00:41:15No, for the present, all that I can do.
00:41:17But I think it is what the gentleman is looking for.
00:41:21Mr. Benton, talk plenty business with the director of the travel bureau?
00:41:39The director talked plenty, period. Maybe we'll get down to business tomorrow.
00:41:44What's all this?
00:41:46Cultural association, agricultural cooperative,
00:41:49economic study group?
00:41:51With the compliments of the information office, sir.
00:41:53Makes good bets at reading.
00:41:55Thanks, sir.
00:41:57Nothing like a little fun in bed.
00:42:19Mr. Benton?
00:42:27Ma'am, you're in the wrong room.
00:42:33No, I'm not. I took great care to find the right one.
00:42:37Well, that's mighty kind of you, but I had a long day.
00:42:45I didn't think you were a fool.
00:42:47But perhaps you're on their side?
00:42:51Whose side? Oh, you mean those guys you were doing the conger with in the hall today?
00:42:55I was trying to speak to you.
00:42:57So when that failed, you slipped a buck to the house guy and he gave you my name and room number. Is that right?
00:43:05Wrong. Cost me ten.
00:43:07Well, I'm flattered. I hate to see good money wasted.
00:43:13Was it?
00:43:15Well, it depends on what you want.
00:43:19I could tell you.
00:43:21If you stop wandering around the room like that.
00:43:23Lady, I was going to bed.
00:43:27Don't worry. You'll be there quite soon, I promise.
00:43:33I could try and be polite.
00:43:35All right.
00:43:37That better?
00:43:39Much better.
00:43:41Don Benton American.
00:43:47Mind if I call you Don?
00:43:49Ma'am, you can call me anything you like.
00:43:51Why did you come to Canton?
00:43:55You see the Chinese?
00:44:02Sorry to disappoint you, ma'am.
00:44:05I just thought if you'd been someone official, you might have been able to help me.
00:44:10I'm strictly a private citizen, but if there's anything a simple businessman can do, I'd like to try.
00:44:16On strictly business grounds, of course.
00:44:18Might even mix in a little pleasure if I knew what the score was.
00:44:22You were on that plane, weren't you?
00:44:24Yeah.
00:44:26It wasn't a joy ride either.
00:44:28When we crashed, I thought we'd drown.
00:44:32But they came and took us off.
00:44:34Us? Where are the others?
00:44:36Well, they keep us apart.
00:44:38They remember I'm a woman.
00:44:40You don't say.
00:44:42Oh, we didn't stop them searching me.
00:44:44Then began the questioning.
00:44:46Hours and hours of it.
00:44:48Perfect little gentleman, but they never let up.
00:44:50It's been three days now.
00:44:52I don't know what they want from me.
00:44:55Well, maybe they don't know themselves.
00:44:57Are you under arrest?
00:44:58Not officially.
00:45:00But I can't leave the hotel.
00:45:04I've heard of people being kept for months, even years.
00:45:09Sometimes they just disappear.
00:45:13There must be something you can do for me.
00:45:16Man, I'm not a man to let down a lady in distress, but...
00:45:20There's 600 million people out there, and I'm just one guy.
00:45:26Maybe when I get back to Hong Kong, I can get in touch with your consul.
00:45:29Oh, call up the Marines. Thanks a lot.
00:45:32Have you tried to contact any of the others?
00:45:34How could I?
00:45:35I haven't seen any of them since they took us ashore.
00:45:37Everyone?
00:45:39All except the pilot.
00:45:40He tried to escape.
00:45:41They fired machine guns at him in the water.
00:45:44Poor kid.
00:45:47He never had a chance.
00:45:48You saw that?
00:45:49You could testify to it?
00:45:50Well, sure.
00:45:51Once we get out of here.
00:45:53Does the design of Three Fishes mean anything to you?
00:45:56Oh, you know about that?
00:45:58Yes, it's the name of the house they first took me to.
00:46:00Rainwashing Deluxe.
00:46:02But, uh, aren't we sort of getting off the...
00:46:09Which way did you come, the balcony?
00:46:11Yes, from 26th.
00:46:12I'll talk to you later.
00:46:13Right.
00:46:14Oh, what's your name?
00:46:16Lola.
00:46:17Lola.
00:46:18Lola Sanchez.
00:46:19Ah, Mr. Wendel, how delightful to see you in Canton.
00:46:37Won't you ask me to come in?
00:46:39Don't tell you you need an invitation.
00:46:40Come here, Mr. Benton.
00:46:41There's something you must not miss.
00:46:45Come here, Mr. Benton.
00:46:55There's something you must not miss.
00:47:15What is it?
00:47:16The spirit of New China.
00:47:18Nothing will stand in its way.
00:47:19No man.
00:47:20No creature, however small.
00:47:21Not even sparrows.
00:47:22Sparrows?
00:47:23Maybe you share the usual capitalist sentimentality about small animals.
00:47:26I have no strong feeling either way.
00:47:28You know that a sparrow eats nine cats.
00:47:29Well, I'm not a man.
00:47:30I'm not a man.
00:47:31I'm not a man.
00:47:32I'm not a man.
00:47:33I'm a man.
00:47:34I'm a man.
00:47:35I'm a man.
00:47:36I'm a man.
00:47:37I'm a man.
00:47:38I'm a man.
00:47:39I'm a man.
00:47:40I'm a man.
00:47:41I'm a man.
00:47:42I'm a man.
00:47:43You know that a sparrow eats nine cats of grain a year?
00:47:46Not much.
00:47:47Enough to feed a family of six for weeks?
00:47:50You don't say?
00:47:52Tonight in Canton, there are a million sparrows.
00:47:55Tomorrow, there will be not one.
00:47:58Well, what are you going to do, send them to the salt mines?
00:48:01A sparrow can only stay in the air for two hours without a lighting.
00:48:05At a given signal, they'll be forced into flight
00:48:07and will be kept flying until they fall exhausted.
00:48:10The rest is merely a problem of sanitation.
00:48:13The massacre of the sparrows?
00:48:15The organized elimination of a greedy pest, Mr. Benton.
00:48:19You'll see the fabulous discipline of the whole city.
00:48:22Every man, woman, and child will be out in the streets.
00:48:25Drums, gongs, rattles, firecrackers, anything that will make a noise.
00:48:30Maybe some of them like sparrows.
00:48:33The people of China have obtained wisdom.
00:48:36Their sense of duty overrules individual preference.
00:48:41Too wise to stick their necks out, Matty.
00:48:44On the subject of wisdom...
00:48:48Let me give you a little advice.
00:48:52I'm always glad to listen, Colonel.
00:48:54Hotel rooms are no places for private conversation.
00:49:00There are so many ways in which they can be overheard.
00:49:07No.
00:49:09Yes.
00:49:11No, my friend.
00:49:15Not as obvious as that.
00:49:20I am not a man to turn down a lady in distress.
00:49:26That's very flattering.
00:49:28You remember my words verbatim.
00:49:30I'm disappointed in you, Mr. Benton.
00:49:33I obtained your permit so that you could carry out your lawful business
00:49:37and not conspire with persons detained for investigation.
00:49:41That girl was frightened, sick, and she asked me to help her,
00:49:44which you know very well.
00:49:50What have we got against her, anyway?
00:49:52She entered the country illegally.
00:49:54The authorities must do their duty,
00:49:57and you will admit they are not doing it unkindly.
00:50:01What about the other people on that plane?
00:50:10Your permit expires tomorrow night, Mr. Benton.
00:50:14I advise you as a friend to conclude your business quickly and go home.
00:50:20Thank you, Colonel.
00:50:22Just what I planned to do.
00:50:24I'm glad to hear that.
00:50:26For your sake.
00:50:28I understand that the head of our travel service
00:50:31is going to see you tomorrow again at 11.
00:50:33There will be a car to take you there,
00:50:35and then back to Macau.
00:50:39That's what I call real oriental hospitality.
00:50:42But if you don't mind, I'd like to make it an early night.
00:50:49Have a good night, Mr. Benton.
00:50:51Room service, please.
00:51:06You sent up a room, boy.
00:51:08Thanks.
00:51:10If the gentleman in number 51 goes out tonight,
00:51:12report to me by telephone.
00:51:14I do not want him followed.
00:51:16Understand?
00:51:17Understand, sir.
00:51:30Jasmine tea, sir.
00:51:31Water keep hot all night.
00:51:33You serve room 26.
00:51:35Yes, sir.
00:51:36Very nice European lady.
00:51:38Gave me a present.
00:51:40Oh.
00:51:41Well, here's another one for you.
00:51:45Can you take her a message?
00:51:46No, can do, sir.
00:51:47Lady gone away just now.
00:51:49Gone?
00:51:50Gone where?
00:51:52Very nice tea, sir.
00:51:54Made special for gentlemen.
00:52:06They've taken me away to the street of the willows.
00:52:12Lola.
00:52:14Lola.
00:52:15Lola Sanchez.
00:52:17She had seen them gunning Jimmy in the water.
00:52:20That was the evidence I needed to clear his name.
00:52:23Wherever she was, I had to find her,
00:52:25and if possible, get her out.
00:52:36The street of the willows.
00:52:46It was a lucky break she'd had time to leave that note.
00:52:51Or was it?
00:52:53Kang had overheard enough of our conversation
00:52:55to guess why I'd come to Canton.
00:52:59And what was his real interest in detaining her?
00:53:04The three fishes.
00:53:06The five fishes.
00:53:10The five fishes.
00:53:11The five fishes.
00:53:12The five fishes.
00:53:13However, we only come to Canton.
00:53:14The five fishes seem to Robert tip us.
00:53:16The filmedisel.
00:53:17Moses White.
00:53:19The otherabile.
00:53:20The pigs every scarocalypse.
00:53:21Doins ei.
00:53:23The fifth Sven.
00:53:24Dog
00:53:27Tallitz is iceberg.
00:53:29Oh, my God.
00:54:59Hello.
00:55:01I thought you'd lost courage.
00:55:16Courage, hell.
00:55:18I've never been so scared in my life.
00:55:20What is this place, anyhow?
00:55:22Never mind, you're here.
00:55:23I'd arrange about a getaway.
00:55:24There's a boat waiting down at the waterfront.
00:55:26Come on, let's go.
00:55:27Not yet.
00:55:28Well, what is it?
00:55:30I must wait.
00:55:31For a few moments.
00:55:32I, um, I wasn't sure before, but, um, I know now.
00:55:47You know what?
00:55:48The reason you came to Canton.
00:55:50You, the simple businessman, who likes to mix business with pleasure.
00:55:57That's me.
00:55:58Uh-uh.
00:55:59You are strictly business, and not so simple either.
00:56:02Mm-mm.
00:56:03You came here to find out what happened to the missing plane, and the people on it.
00:56:07In particular, your courier.
00:56:09Didn't take you long to find me.
00:56:13You're the...
00:56:14I never thought our people could move so fast.
00:56:17You must be one of our top agents.
00:56:19Oh, well, I...
00:56:21I wouldn't exactly say that.
00:56:23Well, I can relieve your main anxiety at once.
00:56:25I've kept the message safe.
00:56:27Yeah.
00:56:28Mm-hmm.
00:56:29Well, where is it?
00:56:30Yeah.
00:56:31Mm-hmm.
00:56:32That's the way I work.
00:56:33Never anything on paper.
00:56:35You've heard of photographic memories.
00:56:37Sure, sure.
00:56:38Well, it's not so very rare.
00:56:39All I have to do is look at the page, even if I don't understand the word of it.
00:56:44I can reproduce every word and every dot.
00:56:47I see.
00:56:50It's another one of your talents.
00:56:52Another?
00:56:54Mm-hmm.
00:56:55Never mind.
00:56:56Um...
00:56:57Do...
00:56:58Do they know about this?
00:56:59Yes.
00:57:00That's what's kept me safe.
00:57:02They want it badly, but they know it's no use threatening me.
00:57:05Not even with torture?
00:57:06Not even with torture.
00:57:11In my case, they can't be sure it wouldn't defeat their own purpose.
00:57:15You see, if I die, the information dies with me.
00:57:19That's why they've been using gentler methods.
00:57:22That is, until now.
00:57:23Now you're scared their patients might be running out.
00:57:25Mm, not scared.
00:57:27Just...
00:57:28Just weighing out the possibilities.
00:57:30It's a strange job for a girl, working against her own country.
00:57:34I've never had a country of my own.
00:57:36Well, you're neither Chinese nor American, so there could hardly be any patriotic motive.
00:57:40There are others.
00:57:42Anyway, why worry about motives?
00:57:44I wouldn't change my life.
00:57:46It has its compensations, you know.
00:57:49Excitement.
00:57:50Danger.
00:57:51You're a funny girl.
00:57:54Why?
00:57:55Because I like living dangerously?
00:57:57That's when you really have the taste of life.
00:58:01Danger my eyes, my ears, all my senses become sharpened.
00:58:13Every feeling a hundred times intensified.
00:58:18That's when I rarely come alive.
00:58:20Then, to you, danger is a kind of a drug.
00:58:23Not to you.
00:58:27All I've got to do is look at you.
00:58:43The wise man never arrives too early.
00:58:52Or too late.
00:58:58I'm sorry I broke that rule.
00:59:00Don't apologize.
00:59:02After all, you are the host.
00:59:05The host?
00:59:06And the host has a duty to his guests.
00:59:08Unfortunately, our business is becoming a little urgent.
00:59:12But thanks to you, my dear young lady,
00:59:15we now know all we need to know concerning Mr. Benton's purpose in Canton.
00:59:20So one of our little problems has already been solved.
00:59:23I'm glad to hear that.
00:59:25Do you mind letting me in on the solution?
00:59:27You're still acting the part, my friend.
00:59:30We are holding you as a spy.
00:59:32A spy by invitation.
00:59:34You got me the permit, remember?
00:59:35But you ask for it, remember?
00:59:37Naturally, we are interested to learn how much
00:59:40or how little your superiors know about that play.
00:59:43I hope you will be sensible enough to tell us.
00:59:47In which case, we may let you go.
00:59:52In time.
00:59:53Generous as always, gang.
00:59:55My friend, you've played your cards.
00:59:58Why not admit that you've lost the game?
01:00:00I would hate to be forced into any unpleasantness.
01:00:04And I also hate to do business on an empty stomach.
01:00:10As the sage says, where Amity dwells, agreement finds an open door.
01:00:19As it happens, I must return to Moscow early in the morning.
01:00:23My plane leaves at seven.
01:00:25So before that ungodly hour, we must reach agreement on all outstanding matters.
01:00:31Including our negotiations with you, my dear.
01:00:33And if you'll forgive me to remark that they've dragged on far too long already.
01:00:41It takes two to make a bargain, Mr. Kang.
01:00:44The greedy cormorant loses the best fish.
01:00:50By the way, if Mr. Benton's presence embarrasses you, he can easily be removed.
01:00:56No, I prefer him to be present.
01:00:59I'm sure he'll be very helpful.
01:01:01I bow to the lady's wishes.
01:01:04As you please.
01:01:06Well, I've made my offer,
01:01:09which is far above the original limit.
01:01:12You have exactly half an hour in which to accept.
01:01:16And if I don't?
01:01:18This is a very pleasant place.
01:01:24Much more pleasant than the corrective present.
01:01:28Oh, I'm sure you wouldn't send me there, Mr. Kang.
01:01:34You're a very charming woman.
01:01:37But you're expendable.
01:01:39Like any human being.
01:01:43Some aren't.
01:01:44Not if they have the right kind of insurance.
01:01:49Insurance?
01:01:51Mm-hmm.
01:01:53I call it my vocational risk policy.
01:01:56Very useful.
01:01:58Very few policies applied to earthquakes and tidal waves.
01:02:02And I can assure you our power is very similar.
01:02:05I'm sure there's a dentist in Detroit.
01:02:09I'd be very interested to hear that.
01:02:12What did you say?
01:02:13Or the woman who runs a dress shop in Dallas.
01:02:17Or perhaps the used car salesman in Seattle.
01:02:20These people are...
01:02:21A list of Mr. Kang's friends in America.
01:02:24It's a long list.
01:02:25I know it by heart.
01:02:27And the names to fit the occupations.
01:02:30I think you've said enough.
01:02:33You've made it now quite impossible for us to ever let you go.
01:02:38That would be very unfortunate.
01:02:39For you, Mr. Kang.
01:02:44You see...
01:02:46The list is not only in my head.
01:02:48It is also neatly typed out.
01:02:50In a safe deposit at the Chase Bank in Washington.
01:02:53And if I am not back in a week from tomorrow...
01:02:56They have instructions to call an unlisted number...
01:02:57And someone will collect it.
01:03:03Of course...
01:03:05You may be lying.
01:03:07Mm-hmm.
01:03:09But that's a risk you dare not take.
01:03:11Don't look so glum, Mr. Kang.
01:03:14After all, you're still in the bidding.
01:03:15Bidding?
01:03:17Bidding?
01:03:19I wasn't aware there was to be an auction.
01:03:21That's exactly what it is.
01:03:23And thanks to you...
01:03:25For bringing the principal bidders together.
01:03:28You want that formula badly.
01:03:30Mr. Benton here, I'm sure, doesn't want me to sell it to you.
01:03:33After all, it took a long time to develop.
01:03:36It would be a pity if it became useless...
01:03:39Just because Mr. Kang's friends wanted it too.
01:03:42This is most irregular.
01:03:44I like to do business on my own condition.
01:03:46Fair, of course, but still my own conditions.
01:03:49But the lady wants an auction.
01:03:51So she ought to have an auction.
01:03:53In fairness, I must point out a little flaw in your assumption.
01:03:56What can any bit of yours be worth?
01:03:59To put it quite bluntly...
01:04:01You are at a great disadvantage, Mr. Benton.
01:04:03You're not a free agent.
01:04:06That's easily arranged.
01:04:08I'm sure that Miss Sanchez will be willing to extend her vocational risk policy to cover me too.
01:04:15You will, ma'am, won't you?
01:04:16Certainly.
01:04:18If you're the buyer.
01:04:20I hope it'll encourage you to bid high.
01:04:23Of course, it would make things easier if Mr. Kang's bid one.
01:04:29But it's really a matter of indifference to me.
01:04:31Indifference.
01:04:34Well...
01:04:37Almost.
01:04:39I'd be sorry to leave you in an unpleasant situation.
01:04:42I rather like you.
01:04:44But one can't afford personal feelings.
01:04:47In our profession.
01:04:48And you are a professional, my dear.
01:04:51We can both appreciate that.
01:04:54Can't we?
01:04:58Sour.
01:05:00But dealing with a double agent can be very trying.
01:05:04They are so mercenary.
01:05:06But what can one do?
01:05:08Suppose we add a little matter of 20% to the original offer.
01:05:11I think I ought to know what the original offer is.
01:05:15Otherwise, how can I bid?
01:05:16Certainly.
01:05:18Mr. Kang has just bid $150,000.
01:05:21I did not. It was $120,000.
01:05:22I think I can do a little bit better than that.
01:05:27$160,000.
01:05:29Cash.
01:05:31Did I hear?
01:05:33$160,000.
01:05:34I repeat.
01:05:35One hundred and sixty.
01:05:40No more.
01:05:41Is that the final offer?
01:05:43Going.
01:05:45Going.
01:05:46Going.
01:06:02It is nothing. Just the sparrows.
01:06:10How's our chance? Let's go.
01:06:12The auction isn't over yet.
01:06:16You're coming with me. You won't have a chance to sell that information now.
01:06:28You fool. You think you can drag me away? You'll be lucky to get away alone.
01:06:31You have no choice. Your fingerprints are on that gun.
01:06:35If they find you here with that.
01:06:37Come on, let's go.
01:06:46Come on, Joe.
01:06:47Come on, Joe.
01:06:48Come on, Joe.
01:06:49Come on, Joe.
01:06:50Come on there.
01:06:52Come on there.
01:06:53Come on.
01:07:06Geaboom.
01:07:12Hey! Come on, Joe!
01:07:20Come on, Joe!
01:07:50Come on, Joe!
01:07:53Come on!
01:07:56Look!
01:08:00Come on.
01:08:05Come on!
01:08:07Let's go.
01:08:37Let's go.
01:09:07Let's go.
01:09:37Let's go.
01:09:39Come on.
01:09:41We'd better go.
01:09:44Dawn.
01:09:47Dawn.
01:09:49Danger.
01:09:51Danger.
01:09:53Dangerous when...
01:09:55when one really comes alive.
01:09:58Mr. Benton?
01:10:10Mr. Benton, boat ready.
01:10:12We carry her?
01:10:14No matter.
01:10:16One man can go more quickly.
01:10:20Come.
01:10:21Come.
01:10:22Come.
01:10:23Come.
01:10:40What kept you so long?
01:10:41Mr. Benton, I came as soon as my girl gave me the message.
01:10:44You got the boarding bags?
01:10:45Yes, it's here.
01:10:46I'm sorry.
01:10:47I wouldn't have been here to meet you.
01:10:48Only you arrived sooner than I expected.
01:10:50I left Panton in a bit of a hurry in the San Pan Express.
01:10:53Did you find what you were looking for?
01:10:55Yeah.
01:10:56Good.
01:10:57And then something.
01:10:58Well, then I think you'd better get straight in your cabin.
01:11:00Mr. Benton, what is there about me that seems to make you so nervous?
01:11:03Well, it's nothing.
01:11:04It's nothing.
01:11:05It's just that the boat is ready to sail.
01:11:06Every time I arrive here in Macau, you seem to be pushing me aboard a steamer.
01:11:10Mr. Benton, I have worked for you for two years now.
01:11:13Now, during that time, you have appeared here in Macau on numerous occasions.
01:11:16Now, none of these could be called, not even by the farthest stretch of the imagination, routine visits.
01:11:22Something always happens, and I am always the one left in the middle.
01:11:25Which reminds me, there's a girl shot in the dock at Cantor.
01:11:27You see what I mean?
01:11:28I'd appreciate it if you make the necessary arrangements.
01:11:30Yes, but, Mr...
01:11:32Your passport?
01:11:33Oh, I doubt it.
01:11:35She kept everything in her head.
01:11:36What?
01:11:37She's what you might call a citizen of the world.
01:11:39Mr. Benton, you know it's impossible to get into Cantor.
01:11:42Mr. Barrera, you're in the travel business. Inventiveness.
01:11:44That's the symbol of our firm.
01:11:45Yes, but Cantor is not one of...
01:11:47Earn your money, Mr. Barrera.
01:11:49Very good, sir.
01:11:51Be seeing you.
01:11:57I shall look forward to it.
01:12:02Hello, Mr. Barrera.
01:12:12Prison does not make Jimmy fat?
01:12:14You don't know the哦...
01:12:16He eaten plenty of big dinner.
01:12:18Anyone would think I'd spent weeks there.
01:12:21Four days. Too much.
01:12:23But it was for his own safety, ma'am,
01:12:26until Mr. Benton found Miss Sanchez
01:12:28and confirmed his version of the truth.
01:12:30Such a beautiful girl.
01:12:33You look for beautiful girls in Hong Kong,
01:12:35all the same your sister.
01:12:37You hear that, Tycho?
01:12:41Well, I hate to leave the family celebrations,
01:12:43but duty hours, you know.
01:12:45Good luck, Jimmy.
01:12:47Don't get involved in any more incidents.
01:12:49Other people don't know you as we do.
01:12:51Inspector must have more.
01:12:53Number one dish coming up.
01:12:55Cantown duck, the Thai-Thai specialty.
01:12:57You gotta try it.
01:12:58Not me.
01:12:59Sweetkin Nick, she very good cook.
01:13:04Tycho, the best damn travel agent in Hong Kong.
01:13:09Yum-sing.
01:13:10Yum-sing.
01:13:23I'll be back for lunch.
01:13:24If you need me, you can call me at Sir Charlton Palace.
01:13:28The train, Michael.
01:13:41Good morning, Mr. Benton.
01:13:42Is the sure office, Mr. Orrman?
01:13:47Oh, no.
01:13:48Just up one minute and down the next.
01:13:50Anyway, I'm glad to have this chance to thank you
01:13:52for your help in solving the Lola Sanchez case.
01:13:55I thought I was helping the Jimmy Mow case.
01:13:57You might like to know that the list she left behind
01:13:59as her insurance policy has caused quite a stir in Washington.
01:14:02That insurance had quite a premium.
01:14:05You know, I wish you'd reconsider my offer.
01:14:08We need an undercover man here.
01:14:09Uh-uh.
01:14:10It's a quiet life for me these days.
01:14:12Well, think it over.
01:14:14Anyway, I hope to see you again soon.
01:14:16Oh, no, you won't.
01:14:20Well, anyway, not, not too soon.
01:14:23Well, anyway, not too soon.
01:14:53Well, anyway, not too soon.
01:14:57I personally don't care for the widzian.
01:14:59Oh, no, you won't.
01:15:00I'm sorry.
01:15:01No, you won't.
01:15:03I'm sorry.
01:15:06Well, you won't.
01:15:06No, you won't.
01:15:12You know, it won't.
01:15:13One, you won't.
01:15:16Bearde to be right back.
01:15:18Elijahjas Roberts
01:15:20Oh, no, you can't.
01:15:22So, no, you're.
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